Archives - 05 April 2011, Tuesday

I had cravings for Char Kway Teow last week. I don't know why, but CKT is something that I love to eat since I was a little boy! Every now and then, I feel like eating it, although I was told it has the calories of eating 12 loaves of bread! (is that true?) There are many styles of Ch...

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My Japanese friend Yukari has some relatives living in Sendai. Thankfully they have survived the Tsunami although a large part of Sendai had been destroyed. She told me that the Japanese people are grateful for the support that the international community is rendering to Japan and whi...

Albert Henry “Woody” Woodfull (born 1912) is a retired English product designer. Laying down many of the ground rules of industrial design in plastics while heading British Industrial Plastics’ Product Design Unit, his work has had international influence. Woodfull was born in Birming...

Kor Kian Beng finds they are a group willing stand up for what they believe in, and want to make a difference by acting as a check on the Government YOU know you’re slightly overworked amid the election buzz when newsmakers – or opposition politicians in my case – make their way into ...

Hahaha, these questions are really very bizarre. Not only do they suppress news about the SDP, but they turn around and ask you why you are so quiet! There is no doubt that the SDP is being deliberately denied coverage. For example, no mention was made about SDP's latest star, Vincent...

The massive reaction by cyberspace is noteworthy, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it demonstrates that netizens are speaking up more on socio-political issues and are far from apathetic. Perhaps the closeness of the general election date has a lot to do with the increased participat...

Why are you doing this? I've been seeing you work from morning to late afternoon, just for these small little cakes, how much are you selling them? Can you really earn that much money? Is it worth the effort?"

Looking that the breakdown of the responses, the number of people who said that they were neutral about the two opposition parties (purple band) are the same (SDP = 251, WP=250 out of 1003 respondents). The WP are ahead when in comes to the number of people who responded to whether th...

Has the PAP reached political nirvana? - Small steps for Social PR: How the People’s Action Party can find its voice in social media - Empty Vessel: PAP, get better at social media - The Temasek Review: Can leaders be talent-hunted and groomed for highest political office? - Support S...

I have no idea why I allowed myself to enter a bet which has no obvious benefits for me. Note: My friend below is of ample proportions . Only a select few are allowed to openly make fun of her weighty issues. The rest of her friends who happen to read this should know better than to p...

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The crowd in the photo below actually looks a lot bigger than it actually was. I'm not complaining. I didn't get to stand in the front and center of the stage but I was close enough. I'd say there were probably only about less than 1000 fans who attended the concert which isn't surpri...

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This is going to be interesting. HTC is having a challenge at their upcoming HTC Desire road show from 15 to 17 April 2011 at VivoCity. 20 participants will be selected to be kept under “house arrest” within the Glass House for the 3 Day duration of the challenge while attempting to c...

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I have quite a number of domains aside from this one (sabrina.sg); either bought for fun, or owned by friends. Bandwidth usage about 200GB per month in total for all domains. Quite desperate, worried about downtime. I'm hoping for a partial sponsorship here, if possible. But, of cours...

First Orbit is a new film to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the flight of Yuri Gagarin. The film makers collaborated with the European Space Agency, and the Expedition 26/27 crew of the International Space Station to recreate what Gagarin see 50 years ago in his 108 minutes orbit.